A/RES/75/272
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
20 April 2021
Seventy-fifth session
Agenda item 64
Peacebuilding and sustaining peace
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
on 16 April 2021
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/75/L.72 and A/75/L.72/Add.1)]
75/272.
Role of the United Nations Regional Centre for Preventive
Diplomacy for Central Asia
The General Assembly,
Guided by the Charter of the United Nations,
Recalling its resolution 72/7 of 17 November 2017,
Recalling also the exchange of letters between the Secretary-General and the
President of the Security Council on the establishment of a United Nations Regional
Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia in Ashgabat, 1
Noting that preventive diplomacy is a core function of the United Nations and
occupies the central place among the functions of the Secretary -General, and in this
regard recognizing the important role of the special political missions of the United
Nations and the good offices of the Secretary-General in the fields of peacemaking,
peacekeeping and peacebuilding,
Reaffirming the importance of preventive diplomacy in supporting United
Nations efforts to assist in the peaceful settlement of disputes, and acknowledging in
this context the role of the Regional Centre in assisting the Central Asian States, in
accordance with its mandate and through enhanced regional cooperation, to respond
to transnational threats to peace and in supporting sustainable development in the
region,
Recognizing the important role of the Central Asian countries in ensuring peace,
stability and sustainable development in the region as well as in promoting regional
and international cooperation,
Understanding the importance of the creation and preservation of the most
stable and secure Central Asian space, supporting the aspiration of the countries of
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